Phil Noonan notches up 61 years of wool classing

Bryce Eishold
September 30 2020 - 6:00pm
WORKING HARD: Phil Noonan, 82, has been a wool classer for more than six decades and has worked at dozens of sheds throughout Australia.
WORKING HARD: Phil Noonan, 82, has been a wool classer for more than six decades and has worked at dozens of sheds throughout Australia.

When Merbein wool classer Phil Noonan completed his classing certificate in 1959, only three out of every 100 classers would pass the three-year course at the School of Mines in SA.

Bryce Eishold

Bryce Eishold

Senior Journalist

Bryce is a senior journalist with Australian Community Media's Stock & Land where he reports on all aspects of agriculture. Bryce is also the president of the Rural Press Club of Victoria. Email Bryce at bryce.eishold@stockandland.com.au.

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